US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main
MECHTHILDE RÜCKERT
(1841-1874)
| Variant name | Mechthilde Reikert Matilda Gentil or Shantill |
| 21 June 1841 | Mechthilde
is born in Stockstadt am Main. (2nd child and 2nd daughter) Father: Philipp Rückert (1808-1854) Mother: Eva Nehr (1809-1863) Godmother: Maria Anna Hoffmann, wife of the baker Christian Hoffmann |
| 15 October 1849 | Mechthilde is godmother to her cousin Mechthilde Rückert, daughter of her father's brother Franz Matthäus. |
| 1851 | Mechthilde's uncle Kilian Nehr emigrates to America. |
| 25 September 1854 | Mechthilde's father Philipp dies from stroke. |
| EMIGRATION 1861 |
Mechthilde, her mother Eva and her two siblings (Charitas Rückert, Johann Rückert) emigrate to the United States. S Ship: Ernestine Port: Bremen Arrival: Baltimore, Maryland Date: 16 July 1861 Family members: Nehr Eva (married Rückert) Rückert Charitas Rückert Mechthilde Further Passengers from Stockstadt am Main: Franz Elisabeth, 24 Gentil Georg, 25 (= Mechthildes future husband) Hoffmann Karl, 24 Zang Anna Maria, 22 Source: Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948 |
| 1861 | Mechthilde marries Georg Gentil from Stockstadt am Main |
| 1862 | The son
John Gentil is born. On 27 October 1887 he marries Emma Curtis, daughter of Thomas Curtis and Emma Henderson. They have several children (August, Rosie, George, John, Tillie...) John dies on 30 April 1916 and is buried at Mount Vernon, Posey, Indiana. Source: Indiana Death Index Source: Findagrave |
| 1866 | The daughter Cäcilia
Gentil is born. (Ancestry.com shows a marriage between Caecelia B Gentil and George B Smith on 22 May 1888 in Perryville, Perry, Missouri. Not clear if this is her.) |
| 1870 | Residence: Marrs Township, Posey, Indiana Family members: George Shantill, head, 34, farmer Matilda (= Mechthilde) Shantill, wife, 28 John Shantill, son, 8 Setsillia (Cäcilia) Shantill, daughter, 3 Source: United States Census 1870 |
| 20 August 1874 | Mechthilde dies in Posey, Indiana and is buried at St
Philips Cemetery. Source: Findagrave |